[Intro - Capo 2 - BPM 88] G G/D x4 - arpeggio - play G string with thumb, B and E with first and second fingers then play D string thumb with thumb - repeat pattern (sort of) for all other chords OR JUST DOWNPICK THE BASS NOTE WITH FIRST FINGER JUST USING A PLECTRUM THEN STRUM THE REST OF THE CHORD WHILST PLAYING THE SNARE - WITH EACH CHORD PLAY ROOT THEN 5TH AFTER - SO WITH C YOU ARE PLAYING C/G EVERY SECOND BASS NOTE - SOUNDS GOOD
[Verse 1 - Finger pick with bass drum on all quarter notes - Root to 5th where possible] (Finger picking pattern is pama - play just 2 treble strings in up up down pattern) [G] Almost Heaven [Em] , West Virginia [D] Blue Ridge Mountains, [C] Shenandoah [G] River. [G] Life is old there, [Em] older than the trees, [D] younger than the mountains, [C] blowin' like a [G] breeze.
[Chorus - Strum with bass drum and full snare - 2/4 - Bass note Root to 5th where possible] Country [G] Roads, take me [D7] home, to the [Em] place I be [C] long West Vir [G] ginia, mountain [D] mama, take me [C] home, country [G] roads.
[Verse 2 - Slap snare so gentler feel] [G] All my memories [Em] gather 'round her [D] , miner's lady, [C] stranger to blue [G] water. [G] Dark and dusty, [Em] painted on the sky, [D] misty taste of moonshine, [C] teardrop in my [G] eye.
[Chorus] Country [G] Roads, take me [D7] home, to the [Em] place I be [C] long West Vir [G] ginia, mountain [D] mama, take me [C] home, country [G] roads.
[Bridge] [Em] I hear her [D/F#] voice, in the [G] mornin' hour she calls me. The [C] radio re [G] minds me of my [D] home far away. And [Em] drivin' down the [F] road I get a [C] feelin' that I [G] should have been home [D] yesterday, yester [D7] day.
[Chorus] Country [G] Roads, take me [D7] home, to the [Em] place I be [C] long West Vir [G] ginia, mountain [D] mama, take me [C] home, country [G] roads.
[Chorus] Country [G] Roads, take me [D7] home, to the [Em] place I be [C] long West Vir [G] ginia, mountain [D] mama, take me [C] home, country [G] roads.
[Outro] Take me [D] home, (down) country [G] roads. Take me [D] home, (down) country [G] roads.
bpm 140 Capo on 2 Intro D D D D -- D G D G (beat comes in here) [Verse] [D] I like the w [G] ay your sparkling e [D] arrings l [G] ay A [D] gainst your s [G] kin so brow [A7] n [A7] A [D] nd i want to s [G] leep with you in t [D] he desert to-n [G] ight W [D] ith a million s [G] tars all ar [A7] ound
[Chorus] Ca [A7] use i got a p [G] eaceful e [G] asy f [D] eel-ing [D] A [G] nd i know you w [G] on't let me do [Em] wn [A7] Cause i [D] 'm alll [Em] l-ready s [G] tanding on [A7] the gro [D] und
Vamp D G D G (1 bar each)
[Verse] A [D] nd i found o [G] ut a long t [D] ime a [G] go W [D] hat a woman can d [G] o to your so [A7] ul [A7] A [D] h, but s [G] he can't take you a [D] ny w [G] AY Y [D] ou don't already k [G] now how to go [A7]
[Chorus] Ca [A7] use i got a p [G] eaceful e [G] asy f [D] eel-ing [D] A [G] nd i know you w [G] on't let me do [Em] wn [A7] Cause i [D] 'm alll [Em] l-ready s [G] tanding on [A7] the gro [D] und
Vamp D G D G (1 bar each)
Solo - Verse run through then G G G G D D D D G G G G A7 A7 A7 A7 D D G G G G A7 A7
[Verse] I [D] get the f [G] eeling i may k [D] now y [G] ou A [D] s a lover [G] and a fr [A7] iend [A7] B [D] ut this v [G] oice keeps whispering i [D] n my other e [G] ar Tells me i [D] may never s [G] ee you ag [A7] ain
[Chorus] Ca [A7] use i got a p [G] eaceful e [G] asy f [D] eel-ing [D] A [G] nd i know you w [G] on't let me do [Em] wn [A7] Cause i [D] 'm alll [Em] l-ready s [G] tanding on [A7] Cause i [D] 'm alll [Em] l-ready s [G] tanding on [A7] Cause i [D] 'm alll [Em] l-ready s [G] tanding on [A7] the gro [D] und
